Thursday 15 July 2010 Rāpare 15 Hōngoingoi 2010

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MENDELSSOHN: Overtures, The Hebrides, Fingal's Cave; A Midsummer Night's Dream; SUPPÉ: Overtures, The Light Cavalry; Poet & Peasant; BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Festival Overture; GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 430 741)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  MARTINU: Sinfonietta Giocosa; Toccata e Due Canzoni; Sinfonietta La Jolla - Julian Jacobson (pno), Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Tamás Vásáry (Chandos CHAN 8859)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  TCHAIKOVSKY: 16 Childrens' Songs Op 54; Last night Op 60/1; I'll tell you nothing Op 60/2; O, if only you knew Op 60/3; Simple words Op 60/5; Behind the window in the shadow Op 06/10; Why did I dream of you? Op 28/3 0 - Ilya Levinskt (ten), Semion Skigin (pno) (Conifer 75605-51268)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  VIVALDI: First movement, from Four Seasons, Spring; MASSENET: Méditation, from Thaïs; SATIE: Gymnopédie No 1; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending; DEBUSSY: La Fille aux cheveux de lin; BACH: Fourth movement, from Violin Sonata No 3 in C BWV1005; KREISLER: Praeludium and Allegro; BACH: Es ist genug, so nimm, Herr; Cantata, O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort; TRAD: Danny Boy; Scarborough Fair; KENNEDY: Melody in the Wind; MONTI: Csárdás; VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn - Nigel Kennedy, Jonathon Gandelsman (vlns), English CO, London Voices, City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle, John Lenehan (pno), Robert Brophy (vla), Reinhard Armleder (cello), Kroke (EMI 5 57330)

  4:40 approx - Disc 5

  LLOYD: Piano Concerto No 4; The Lily-Leaf & the Grasshopper; The Transformation of that Naked Ape - Kathryn Stott (pno), London SO/George Lloyd (Albany AR 004)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 GRANADOS arr Henry Wood: Spanish Dance No 4, Villanesca - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 216)

  CORELLI: Trio Sonata in A Op 3/12 - Rémy Baudet, Sayuri Yamagata (vlns), Albert Brüggen (cello), David van Ooijen (archlute), Pieter-Jan Belder (org) (Brilliant Classics 92403)

  RIETZ: Concert Piece in F minor Op 33 - Heinz Holliger (ob), Frankfurt Radio SO/Eliahu Inbal (PentaTone PTC 5186 129)

  J WILLIAMS: Schindler's List theme; FA SCHUBERT: The Bee - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

  GERMAN: Romeo & Juliet, incidental music - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223419)

  7:00 BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini, Overture - Royal Phil/Alexander Gibson (Tring International TRP 062)

  MOZART arr Leleux: Four Arias from Don Giovanni - François Leleux (ob/dir), Salzburg Camerata (Sony 88697 33943)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: A spin through Moscow, from Moscow-Cheryomushki Op 105 - Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 452 597)

  FRANCHOMME: Fantasy on a Melody by Schubert - Roel Dieltiens (cello/dir), Ensemble Explorations (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1610)

  RODGERS: The Carousel Waltz - Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 434 127)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: WAGNER: Elsa's Dream, Einsam in trüben Tagen, from Lohengrin - Régine Crespin (sop), French National Radio Orch/Georges Prêtre (EMI CDM 7 69547)

  MASSENET: Hérodiade, Ballet Suite - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553124)

  BACH: Prelude & Fugue in G BWV541 - Francis Jacob (organ of the Reformed Church, Le Bouclier, Strasbourg) (Mirare MIR 102)

  BELLINI arr Mikhashoff: Casta diva, from Norma - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)

  WALTON: Coronation March, Orb & Sceptre - Simon Lindley (org), English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniel (Naxos 8.555869)

  J STRAUSS II: Accelerations Waltz - Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 417 747)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GIACOMO MEYERBEER (1791-1864)

  Ombre légère, from Dinorah - Natalie Dessay (sop), Monte Carlo Phil/Patrick Fournillier (EMI 5 56159)

  Four Torch Dances, for Prussian royal weddings - North German Radio Phil, Hanover/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 168)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  VAUGHANWILLIAMS: Toward the Unknown Region - Corydon Singers & Orch/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDS 44322)

  COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Variations in B minor - Joseph Spooner (cello), Michael Jones (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7225)

  FIELD: Piano Concerto No 4 in Eb H28 - Paolo Restani (pno), Nice Phil/Marco Guidarini (Brilliant Classics 93783)

  STRAUSS: An Alpine Symphony Op 64 - French National Orch/Kurt Masur (Radio France FRF 005)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Sacred Music from the 1960s

  HOVHANESS: The Holy City - Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Kerry Stratton (Dorian DOR 93166)

  TREMAIN: Magnificat - Elizabeth Beverly (sop), Dorian Singers/Peter Godfrey (Kiwi SLD 45)

  DURUFLÉ: Meditation - Friedhelm Flamme (organ of Stiftskirche, Bad Gandersheim, Germany) (CPO 777 042)

  HOWELLS: A Sequence for St Michael - Pablo Strong (ten), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Andrew Nethsingha, Timothy Ravalde (org) (Chandos CHAN 10587)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  J RITCHIE: Turkey in the Straw - Lindsay String Orch/Alex Lindsay (Kiwi SLD 2)

  HANDEL: Oboe Concerto No 1 in Bb - Maurice André (tpt), Munich CO/Karl Richter (DG 415 980)

  BROSCHI: Son qual nave, from Artaserse - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Decca 478 1521)

  MOERAN: Phantasy Quartet - George Caird (ob), instrumental ensemble (Oboe Classics CC 2009)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 23 in F minor, Appassionata - Daniel Barenboim (pno) (EMI 5 57416)

  (Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 3; Good Friday Music, from Parsifal; Tannhäuser, Overture & Venusberg Music; Prelude & Liebestod, from Tristan & Isolde - London SO/Antal Dorati (rec 1959/60) (Mercury 434 342)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  BRAHMS: Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel Op 24 - David James (pno) (RNZ)

  HILL: String Quartet No 5 in Eb, Allies - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572446)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture Op 80 - Philharmonia/Josef Krips (Testament SBT 1122)

  VIVALDI: Oboe Concerto in D minor RV454 - Paolo Grazzi (ob), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (dir) (Teldec 4509 96158)

  M ALBÉNIZ: Keyboard Sonata in D - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Philips 456 883)

  DEBUSSY trans Roelens: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque; Nocturne & Scherzo - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Alexander Dedyukhin (pno) (EMI 5 72017)

  SAINT-SAENS: Air & Dance Bacchanale, from Samson & Delilah - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 444 552)

  SULLIVAN: Tit Willow, from The Mikado - John Reed (bar), D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Phil/Royston Nash (Decca 430 095)

  TANSMAN: Dance of the Sorceress, from The Paradise Garden - Polish Radio SO/Bernard Le Monnier (Olympia OCD 685)

  LACHIUSA orch Starobin: Way Back to Paradise - Audra McDonald (vocalist), Dawn Upshaw (sop), orchestral accompaniment/Eric Stern (Nonesuch 7559 79482)

  DELIUS: Walk to the Paradise Garden, from A Village Romeo & Juliet - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.557143)

  PEARSALL: There is paradise on earth - Hilliard Ensemble (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1153)

  BERNERS: The Expulsion from Paradise - Len Vorster (pno) (Marco Polo 8.225159)

  HOWELLS: Paradise Rondel - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9410)

  VANGELIS: Conquest of Paradise, theme - Boston Pops Orch, Tanglewood Festival Chorus/John Williams (Sony SK 62622)

  TATE: A paradise for two, from The Maid of the Mountains - Marilyn Hill Smith (sop), Peter Morrison (bar), Chandos Concert Orch/John McCarthy (Chandos CHAN 8759)

  FREITAS BRANCO: Artificial Paradises - RTE National SO/Alvaro Cassuto (Naxos 8.572059)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Psalms

  In his series 'Choral Connections' Brian Kay looks at settings of the Psalms (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Direct from Auckland Town Hall

  Splendour of Vienna

  Three programmes

  (1) Ode to Joy

  Stuart Devenie (narrator), Aivale Cole (sop), Anna Pierard (mezzo), Richard Greager (ten), Joshua Bloom (bass), Auckland Choral, Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier

  WOLF: Three Lieder for voice & orchestra, Denk'es, O Seele; Wo find ich Trost; Der Feuerreiter; SCHOENBERG: A Survivor from Warsaw

  (Interval)

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 9 in D minor Op 125, Choral (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  SCHUBERT: Impromptu in F minor D935/4 - Imogen Cooper (pno) (Avie AV 2157)

  SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela, from Lemminkäinen Legends Op 22 - Ellen Sherman (cor anglais), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 8782)

  RUTTER: Five Meditations - Royal Phil/John Rutter (Decca 476 124)

  11:00 SCHUMANN arr Isserlis: Violin Sonata No 3 in A minor Op posth - Steven Isserlis (cello), Dénes Várjon (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67661)

  DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9484)

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